Tom Katsouleas is the Jeff and Penny Vinik Dean of Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. He joined the Duke faculty in 2008 where he is also a professor of electrical and computing engineering. Katsouleas has a Ph.D. and B.S. in physics from UCLA. He serves as Chair of the National Academy of Engineering’s Advisory Committee on Engineering Grand Challenges for the 21st Century.

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